130 Driving safety
Proper adjustment of head restraints
App lies to vehicles: with adj ustable head restraints
Correctly adjusted head restraints ore on im
portant port of your vehicle's occupant re
straint system and con help to reduce the risk of injuries in occident situations.
Fig. 124 H ead re str ain t: vi ew ed fro m the front
The head restraints must be correctly adjust
ed to achieve the best protection .
.. Adjust the head restr aint so the upper edge
is as even as possible with the top of your
head. If that is not possible, try to adjust
the head restraint so that it is as close to
this position as possible
c:> fig . 124.
.. If there is a passenger on the rear center
seating position, slide the center head re
stra int upward at least to the next notch .
Ad justing head restraints
c:> page 62.
A WARNING
All seats are equipped with head re
straints. Dr iving without head restraints or
with head restraints that are not properly
adjusted increases the risk of serious or fa
t al neck injury dramat ically. To help reduce
the risk of injury:
- Always drive with the head restra ints in
place and properly adjusted.
- Every person in the veh icle must have a
properly adjusted head restra int.
- Always make sure each person in the ve
hicle properly adjusts the ir head re
straint. Adjust the head restraint so the
upper edge is as even as possible wit h
the top of your head.
If that is not possi
ble, try to adjust the head restra int so that
it is as close to this posit ion as pos
sible. Move the head restraint so that it
is as close to the back of the head as pos
sible .
- Never attempt to adjust head restraint
while driving. If you have driven off and
must adjust the driver headrest for any reason, first stop the vehicle safely be
fore attempting to adjust the head re
straint .
- Ch ildren must always be prope rly re
strained in a child restraint that is appro
p ria te for their age and size
¢ page 169.
Examples of improper seating positions
The occupant restraint system con only re
duce the risk of injury if vehicle occupants ore
properly seated .
Improper seating positions can cause serious
injury or death. Safety belts can only work
when they are properly positioned on the body . Improper seating positions reduce the
effect iveness of safety belts and wi ll even in
crease the risk of injury and death by moving
the safety be lt to critica l areas of the body .
Imprope r seating positions a lso increase the
risk of serious injury and death when an air
bag deploys and strikes an occupant who is
not in the proper seating position . A dr iver is
responsible for the safety of all veh icle occu
pants and espec ially for children . T herefore :
.. Never allow anyone to assume an incorrect
seating position when the vehicle is being
used
c:> . &.
The following bulletins list only some sample
pos itions that will increase the risk of serious
injury and death . Our hope is that these exam
ples will make you more aware of seat ing po
s itions that are dangerous.
Therefore, whenever the vehicle is
moving:
- never stand up in the vehicle
- never stand on the seats
- never kneel on the seats
- never ride with the seatback reclined
